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Pomarose

Q: Is Pomarose natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Synthetic molecule. Manufactured through chemical synthesis. Available as a commodity ingredient..

POPULAR AND WEIRD / fruity · floral · fresh

Pomarose

Category	POPULAR AND WEIRD
Subcategory	fruity · floral · fresh
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	N/A - synthetic molecule
Appearance	colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	N/A — synthetic (manufactured by a global fragrance supplier)
Pyramid	Heart

Fruity, rosy, and lightly green. Pomarose is a synthetic molecule bridging apple-like fruitiness and rose-like florality — fresh and bright, with a tartness that keeps it from being purely sweet.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Bright, tart-sweet, and fruity-floral. The apple-like fruitiness is green-apple rather than red-apple — crisp and slightly tart, not sweet and jammy. The rose inflection is light and fresh, not deep or damascenic. The overall impression is of a fruit-flower hybrid: something between biting into a green apple in a rose garden.

Less purely fruity than gamma-decalactone (peach). More floral than ethyl butyrate (pineapple-apple). Fresher and less dense than Phenoxanol (green-rosy).

Evolution over time

Immediately

Bright, tart-fruity, apple-green with rose undertone

After a few hours

Softer, more floral — the rose facet emerges as fruit fades

After a few days

Faint, clean, fruity-floral trace

The Full Story

Pomarose is a synthetic fragrance ingredient designed to deliver a fruity-rosy character — the name itself combines 'poma' (apple/fruit) and 'rose.' The molecule sits at the intersection of fresh-fruity and light-floral olfactory spaces, providing a bright, tart-sweet character with a rose inflection.

This type of hybrid molecule is valuable in contemporary use, where compositions increasingly blend fruity and floral elements rather than keeping them in separate categories. Pomarose provides a natural-reading transition between fruit and flower notes.

The molecule is available as a commodity ingredient from fragrance raw material suppliers. It is used in both fine fragrance and functional perfumery, particularly in fruity-floral compositions targeting fresh, youthful, and feminine aesthetics.

This note in Première Peau. Nuit Elastique · Rose Monotone. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

Did You Know?

Did you know?

The fragrance industry produces thousands of hybrid odorant molecules designed to bridge specific scent categories. These 'bridge molecules' are often more commercially useful than pure-category ingredients because they simplify the perfumer's task of creating smooth transitions between different olfactory families.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Synthetic molecule. Manufactured through chemical synthesis. Available as a commodity ingredient.

Molecular Formula	C11 H18 O
CAS Number	357650-26-1
Botanical Name	N/A - synthetic molecule
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	4-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Lasting Power	24–72 hours
Appearance	colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
Boiling Point	236.15 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg (est)
Flash Point	193.00 °F. TCC ( 89.40 °C. ) (est)

In Perfumery

Pomarose functions as a top-to-heart note bridging fruity and floral elements. It provides a natural-reading transition in fruity-floral compositions. Useful in rose, fruity-floral, fresh, and feminine fragrance families. Its tart freshness prevents it from reading as gourmand. works with rose, green apple, citrus, and light musky bases.